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Good afternoon, 

This is Principal Suzanne Simpson with your weekly updates.  A big thank you to Ms. Cannell and the prom committee for putting together a fantastic prom!  Congratulations to Emery Hill and Zack Huffman our 2025 Prom King & Queen!

Teacher Appreciation Week:  This week we celebrate our amazing teachers.  We are so fortunate to have an amazing group of teachers at EAHS! Please take a moment this week to say thank you to your student’s teachers both past and present.  

Athletics:  Congratulations to Max Brehler!  Max qualified for men’s golf regionals this week!  Congratulations to our softball team.  They are the regular season and conference tournament champions!  Congratulations to the members of our men’s and women’s Track teams who qualified for regionals this week!  Baseball and Softball have all qualified for the state playoffs and will find out this week who their first round opponents will be.  Women’s soccer will finish out their regular season with 2 home games, including senior night on Wednesday.  Lacrosse will finish out their regular season on Tuesday at home.   

Green & Gold’n Globes:  We will have a year-end athletics banquet for ALL student-athletes, coaches, and parents. on May 29th!  The event will start with refreshments in the gymnasium at 6:00 pm followed by an awards ceremony in the auditorium at approximately 6:45 pm.  This is a time for us to celebrate all that our EA sports teams have accomplished.  Individual awards will be given for each team in addition to 15 school wide awards and we will recognize all conference athletes, sportsmanship winners, and 3 sport athletes.  Show up in your dress attire, walk the red carpet and let’s celebrate! Make plans now to attend!

AP Exam Schedule:  We begin AP exams tomorrow.  If you are an AP student, please take a look at the schedule.  If you have any questions, please reach out to Ms. Carriker.    

Spring Exam Schedule:  Please take a minute to review the Spring Exam Schedule that is linked below.  Just a reminder that final exams count as 20% of your final grade for the class.  

Free Physicals provided by Kernodle Clinic:  ABSS students may attend any day for any zone.  They must bring the completed duke medical waiver with them as well as a blank physical form.  Physicals will be given from 4:00-6:00

ACC’s Summer Camp:  is open to rising 6th graders, middle school, and high school students. It’s a fun, engaging program filled with hands-on learning experiences—and we’re offering 50% scholarships for students who need financial assistance.  For more information check out this flyer.  

Seniors:  If you haven’t completed this survey please do so today.  Also, please check out this presentation for the latest end of year information.  If you have questions, reach out to Mrs. Simpson or Ms. Crouse.   

Upcoming Events:

Monday:

Women’s Soccer vs. Southern @ 6:00

Golf Regionals

Tuesday:

Lacrosse vs. Seaforth at 6:00

Softball 1st round TBD

Baseball 1st round TBD

Wednesday:

Women’s Soccer vs. Orange @ 6:00

Men’s and Women’s Track host Conference Tournament @ 4:30

Thursday:

Friday:

Softball 2nd round TBD

Baseball 2nd round TBD

A look ahead:

May 5 - Teacher Appreciation Week

May 5- AP Testing begins

May 7 - School Nurse Appreciation Day

May 8 - School Lunch Hero Day

May 18 - Spring Dance Concert

May 19 - Band Boosters Meeting

May 20 - Senior Breakfast/Walk the Halls

May 22 - Spring Band Concert

May 26 - Memorial Day Holiday

May 29 - Athletic Awards at 6:00

May 30 - Senior Awards at 9:30

June 2-6 - Exam Week

June 5 - Graduation Practice

June 7 - Graduation

As always, thank you for your continued support.  Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.